biarticular

biarticular
SYN: diarthric.

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bi·ar·tic·u·lar .bī-(.)är-'tik-yə-lər adj of or relating to two joints

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bi·ar·tic·u·lar (bi″ahr-tikґu-lər) diarthric.

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